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COUNTRY IMAGE wdt_ID RANK NAME UNIT CALLSIGN NO DOB FROM TILL STATUS DEATH WHERE NOTES
Cuba 36.jpg 1 Mario Aizpurúa Delgado 19.01.1961 KIA 27.03.1987 Angola
Cuba Venancio-Goyes-Torres-150x150.jpg 2 Venancio Goyes Torres 30.10.1968 23.12.1986 DOC 05.10.1988 Angola Suicide
Cuba Ramon-Barrizonte-Rodriguez-150x150.jpg 3 Ramón Barrizonte Rodríguez Civilian 07.04.1948 15.07.1979 Angola Civilian worker killed - ambush by UNITA
Cuba Fernando-Arango-Cuesta-150x150.jpg 4 Fernando Arango Cuesta 14.09.1946 06.07.1982 KIA 10.08.1983 Angola, Cangamba UNITA
Cuba Barbaro-Alvarez-Ramirez-150x150.jpg 5 2LT Bárbaro Alvarez Ramírez 10.06.1954 01.12.1975 MIA 13.03.1976 Angola
Cuba Jose-Antonio-Alvarez-Gonzalez-150x150.jpg 6 José Antonio Alvarez González 06.02.1960 DOD 10.07.1979 Angola Died of Illness
Cuba Orestes-Almeida-Gonzalez-150x150.jpg 7 Orestes Almeida González Infantry 08.12.1948 DOC 02.12.1981 Angola Suicide
Cuba Antonio-Aguila-Llorente-150x150.jpg 8 Antonio Aguila Llorente 21.05.1945 KIA 19.09.1985 Angola
Cuba 8-150x150.jpg 9 Arsenio Acanda Rodríguez 30.08.1935 11.03.1977 Angola
Cuba 71-150x150.jpg 10 Raúl Abreu Villar 24.11.1943 KIA 14.11.1978 Angola
Cuba Humberto-Abreu-Ugarte-150x150.jpg 11 Humberto Abreu Ugarte 14.11.1957 DAI 12.08.1985 Angola Accident
Cuba Oscar-Luis-Torres-Alfonso-150x150.jpg 12 Oscar Luis Torres Alfonso Infantry 14.09.1966 01.02.1987 DOC 27.05.1987 Angola, Sureño Suicide
Cuba Omar-Gaston-Caballero-150x150.jpg 13 Omar Gastón Caballero 13.05.1954 DOC 30.04.1984 Angola, Lubango Suicide
Cuba Ruiz-Soto-Jose-Miguel-150x150.gif 14 José Miguel Ruiz Soto 08.12.1966 14.09.1984 20.09.1984 Angola Killed
Cuba molina-sanchez-carlos-emig-150x150.jpg 15 Carlos Emigdio Molina Sánchez 08.05.1964 KIA 14.09.1983 Angola UNITA
Cuba zaldivar-rodriguez-felicia-150x150.jpg 16 Feliciano Zaldívar Rodríguez 08.05.1961 KIA 21.01.1990 Angola, Lobito UNITA attack Paralelo 13, Valle de Ana, Lobito
South Africa ZeelieFJ-150x150.jpg 17 LT Fred J. Zeelie 1 Recce 68343599PE KIA 23.06.1974 Namibia, Bwabwata
South Africa 18 CAPT J.W. Holm Danie Theron Combat School 67728378PE KIA 23.11.1975 Angola, Ebo Operation Savannah
South Africa 19 CPL A. Aurelio 32Bn 76901420SP KIA 03.01.1984 Angola Operation Askari
South Africa 20 RFN I. Malonga 32Bn 80830409SP KIA 01.01.1984 Angola Operation Askari
South Africa 21 L/CPL W.T. Steenkamp 4SAI/61Mech 80264575BG KIA 04.01.1984 Angola, Cuvelai when their Ratel 20, Callsign 13B was knocked out near Cuvelai by a T-54 tank during Operation Askari
South Africa 22 LT C.P. Els 1SSB/61Mech 84588185PE DOW 03.04.1989 Namibia, Ruacana Died in Hospital at Ruacana from a head wound sustained during a contact with SWAPO/PLAN insurgents near Ongandjera on 03 April 1989. He Died of Wounds in Hospital at Ruacana later that evening.
South Africa 144535569054-150x150.jpg 23 CPL Hermann Carstens 1 Recce 85212843PE KIA 04.04.1989 Namibia, Eenhana During a patrol his unit was ambushed and Carstens was killed when his vehicle was hit by an RPG., during fierce fighting with a numerically superior force of heavily armed SWAPO/PLAN insurgents near Eenhana
Cuba 4017-150x150.jpg 24 MAJ Policarpo Sánchez Pileta 08.03.1939 DOW 07.08.1982 Angola, Cangamba At 10:05 a.m. on 8 August 1983, the aviation command post in Menongue asked for information about a helicopter that was shot and the pilot that was wounded during an reccemission. It was not actually a member of the crew, but Major Policarpo Sánchez Pileta (age 44) that had been wounded. As the two helicopters descended to attack UNITA troops, forty kilometers southwest of Tempué, UNITA troops fired on the helicopter and the officer was hit and mortally wounded. The two helicopters arrived at Menongue with the major who was seriously injured, but he died shortly after.
Cuba 25 LT Juan Miguel Benítez Ferrnández Refuerzo 24.02.1947 KIA 05.08.1983 Angola, Cangamba in Cangamba, at nightfall on 7 August 1983, there was a heavy firefight in front of Sector No. 1 as UNITA advanced from the houses, shouting, and the defenders were forced to retreat. The artillery fire destroyed the last remaining BRDM. In Sector No. 3, Lieutenant Juan M. Benítez Fernández (age 36) was killed in the fighting.
Cuba bermudez-arguelles-osmani-150x150.jpg 26 Osmani Bermúdez Argüelles 26.07.1966 KIA 03.12.1987 Angola, Cuito Canavale mine explosion (6 of his colleagues died along with him). He was part of a reinforcement column that was heading to Cuito Cuanavale. Generally, when an armored vehicle or military vehicle explodes, official historians attribute it to a mine. UNITA (not the SAAF, which had no presence north of Cuito Cuanavale), fiercely attacked the Cuban columns that were bringing reinforcements and war material to the combat zone.
Cuba ramos-quezada-pablo-150x150.jpg 27 Pablo Ramos Quezada 25.01.1958 KIA 11.09.1983 Angola His body was never recovered.
Cuba fis-cuba-cecilio-150x150.jpg 28 2LT Cecilio Fis Cuba 28.09.1954 DOW 10.02.1976 Angola Presumably against the FNLA, on 2/10/76, on the Northern Front, due to hemorrhaging from the wounds received.
Cuba gomez-planelles-eddy-150x150.jpg 29 Eddy Gómez Planelles Sapper 06.11.1968 KIA 04.03.1989 Angola, Cuito Cuanavale He died from a mine explosion on 3/4/89 in the Cuito Cuanavale fighting. His body, completely destroyed, could not be recovered.
Cuba napoles-suarez-elifet-150x150.jpg 30 Elifet Nápoles Suárez Minint (Special Operations, DGOE 14.07.1945 KIA 10.12.1975 Angola, Medunda At the battle at Morros de Tongo on 12-10-75. His body was left in the enemy camp and some Angolans handed it over to the Cubans two days later, and he was buried in Gabela, near Quibala
Cuba moises-rodriguez-facundo-150x150.jpg 31 Facundo Moisés Rodríguez 27.11.1956 KIA 11.09.1983 Angola UNITA ambush on the Luanda-Alto Hama highway on 9/11/83
Cuba 32 Dagoberto Vázquez Pérez 10.03.1948 KIA 22.04.1977 Angola
Cuba 33 Dalmacio Céspedes González 13.09.1961 DAI 13.01.1980 Angola Accident
Cuba 34 Daniel Fuentes Cardoza 21.07.1962 KIA 13.09.1983 Angola
Cuba 35 José Miguel Marrero Hervis 20.07.1959 DOD 04.10.1985 Angola malaria
Cuba 1294-150x150.jpg 36 Cornelio Durán Castillo 19.09.1939 KIA 13.02.1976 Angola
Cuba 1339-150x150.jpg 37 Darío Calzadilla Angulo 19.12.1945 KIA 18.07.1987 Angola when the helicopter in which he was on shot down
Cuba 38 David González Fumero 29.12.1953 DAI 12.11.1979 Angola car accident
Cuba 39 LT Raúl Quiala Castañeda KIA 07.07.1986 Angola, Vicinity of Luanda Young pilot who had not yet learned to fly at night, given an irrational order by his superior in Angola to go out at night from the Luena aerodrome and bombard anywhere in the vicinity of Luanda where he saw a fire lit, assuming it would be UNITA guerrillas. He crashed and died, his family was told he died heroically in combat
Cuba 40 David Mora Mora 28.12.1952 KIA 04.10.1983 Angola
Cuba 41 David Rojas Rodríguez 26.06.1956 KIA 04.05.1988 Angola
Cuba 2009-150x150.jpg 42 Dalquis Sánchez 23.03.1940 KIA 26.06.1976 Angola
Cuba 43 Delvis Conde Alba DAI 10.01.1977 Angola traffic accident
Cuba 2071-150x150.jpg 44 José Montero Cuenca 28.12.1946 KIA 04.04.1983 Angola
Cuba 2100-150x150.jpg 45 Delvis Hernández 09.05.1963 DAI 28.01.1983 Angola killed in an accident.
Cuba 2109-150x150.jpg 46 José Omar Expósito Bermúdez 13.09.1954 DAI 05.08.1976 Angola killed in an accident
Cuba 47 José Oriol Leyva Fonseca 23.03.1963 KIA 23.11.1981 Angola land mine
Cuba 48 José Rafael Núñez Arias 08.07.1963 KIA 21.11.1982 Angola
Cuba 2156-150x150.jpg 49 Denis Núñez González 21.02.1966 DAI 04.04.1988 Angola killed when a land mine that he was trying to set up exploded
Cuba 2201.jpg 50 José Ramón Anglada Toro 12.08.1948 KIA 06.07.1978 Angola
Cuba 51 Diego Hernández Saroza 15.04.1932 DAI 28.08.1977 Angola traffic accident
Cuba 52 Dilmar Avila Véliz 30.11.1965 KIA 24.04.1988 Angola
Cuba 2245-150x150.jpg 53 Dionicio Llamo Heredia 24.03.1961 KIA 04.05.1980 Angola
Cuba 54 José Ramón Cabrera Sánchez 23.12.1955 DOC 01.01.1983 Angola killed by lightning
Cuba 2341-146x150.jpg 55 Dionisio Carlos Costa Rodríguez 09.10.1963 KIA 18.10.1983 Angola
Cuba 2355-150x150.jpg 56 José Ramón Cruz Valdés 02.02.1960 KIA 14.08.1989 Angola
Cuba 2489-147x150.jpg 57 Diosdado Samón Azahárez 09.08.1948 KIA 12.12.1975 Angola
Cuba 58 José Ramón Hinojosa Albert 08.11.1948 KIA 07.07.1976 Angola
Cuba 59 Domingo Roberto Mac Collin Springer 11.06.1959 DOD 03.02.1980 Angola malaria
Cuba 3072-150x150.jpg 60 José Ramón Mateo Jimenez 17.11.1952 KIA 23.12.1982 Angola
Cuba 61 José Ramón Nodal Curbelo 29.03.1963 KIA 05.09.1981 Angola
Cuba 3096-150x150.jpg 62 José Ramón Reyes Corrales 18.05.1950 KIA 20.08.1983 Angola
Cuba 63 Eddy Miguel Rodriguez Zayas 29.09.1941 26.02.1979 Angola
Cuba 64 Edelmiro Valdés Ramos 28.03.1942 DOD 07.12.1978 Angola malaria
Cuba 65 José Rivero Sánchez 15.07.1966 DAI 04.03.1987 Angola killed in an accident
Cuba 66 Edelsy Pérez Guerra KIA 09.06.1988 Angola
Cuba 67 José E. Rodríguez Cañizares 20.07.1954 KIA 22.02.1988 Angola
Cuba 68 Edenio Fonseca Hernández 06.10.1962 DAI 14.05.1984 Angola killed in an accident
Cuba 3213.jpg 69 Edilberto Fonseca Rodríguez 14.04.1942 KIA 25.12.1975 Angola
Cuba 70 Edmundo Romero López 20.11.1950 KIA 23.06.1982 Angola
Cuba 71 José Roger Méndez Román 26.11.1953 KIA 04.05.1978 Angola, Tchamutete, Cassinga
Cuba 72 José Sánchez Reyes 10.01.1962 KIA 14.09.1984 Angola
Cuba 3275.jpg 73 José Vázquez Martínez KIA 10.04.1988 Angola
Cuba 3289-150x150.jpg 74 Juan Alba Molero 29.12.1952 28.12.1982 Angola
Cuba 75 Juan Alfaro Tardío Hechavarría 07.12.1941 KIA 05.02.1976 Angola Grenade explosion
Cuba 76 Eduardo García Pérez 22.10.1961 KIA 09.12.1985 Angola
Cuba 3317-150x150.jpg 77 Eduardo Luzbet Martínez 24.04.1963 KIA 14.01.1987 Angola
Cuba 78 Juan Alfonso Suárez Cuervo 10.03.1966 KIA 12.03.1988 Angola
Cuba 3351-150x150.jpg 79 Eduardo Mora Miñoso 19.11.1954 KIA 03.11.1975 Angola reportedly was the first Cuban to be killed in combat
Cuba 80 Juan Alvarez Santos 22.10.1942 DOC 02.05.1980 Angola heart attack
Cuba 81 Juan Amaro Acán 24.06.1945 DAI 06.05.1976 Angola killed in an accident
Cuba 3379-150x150.jpg 82 Juan Antonio Duarte Duarte 29.08.1950 DOD 24.05.1984 Angola malaria
Cuba 83 Juan Antonio Marcos Pérez 08.07.1947 KIA 12.03.1988 Angola
Cuba 84 Eidy Rojas Ayala 20.05.1964 KIA 18.10.1983 Angola
Cuba 3481-150x150.jpg 85 Juan Bernardo Ruiz Cruz 23.10.1956 KIA 12.12.1975 Angola
Cuba 3482-150x150.jpg 86 Juan Cabrera Martínez 24.11.1947 KIA 07.07.1978 Angola
Cuba 87 Juan Carlos Martínez Lemus 29.06.1968 KIA 20.08.1987 Angola land mine
Cuba 3524-150x150.jpg 88 Juan Carlos Rodríguez Rodríguez 27.12.1961 KIA 30.01.1984 Angola, Lubango
Cuba 89 Eladio Galindo Guerra 18.02.1959 KIA 16.12.1988 Angola
Cuba 90 Juan Carlos Salas Amaro 24.11.1954 DAI 21.01.1979 Angola killed in an accident
Cuba 91 CAPT Andres Valle KIA 02.10.1983 Angola, Lubango Cuban pilot aboard a Mig-21, killed in Lubango, Angola.
Cuba 3559-150x150.jpg 92 Juan Carlos Vargas Cabrera 17.11.1961 KIA 19.04.1982 Angola land mine
Cuba 3560-150x150.jpg 93 Juan Catalino Gallardo González 17.09.1949 KIA 01.02.1976 Angola
Cuba 94 CAPT Roberto Hernandez Alvarez KIA 10.11.1983 Angola, Lubango Cuban pilot of MiG-21 killed in Lubango, Angola
Cuba 95 Juan Domínguez Fonseca 24.11.1963 KIA 07.11.1983 Angola
Cuba 96 CAPT Guillermo Meriño KIA 21.09.1984 Angola, Lubango Pilot of MiG-21 killed in LUBANGO, Angola
Cuba 97 Juan Enrique Isaac Marrero 01.06.1966 KIA 16.01.1988 Angola
Cuba 98 Julio Cifuentes Roque Civilian 25.03.1984 Angola, Sumbe Killed - Cuban “internationalist” civilian worker in Angola who died in a 10-hour battle when three UNITA batallions (of around 1,500 men) attacked the coastal city of Sumbe (provincial capital of South Kuanza) in the early morning hours. 214 Cuban workers were in the city, at least 7 died in the battle.
Cuba 99 Juan Manuel Romero García 16.08.1951 DAI 23.03.1983 Angola killed in an accident
Cuba 3691-150x150.jpg 100 Lorenzo Morales Ramos 09.04.1957 KIA 08.06.1984 Angola
COUNTRY IMAGE wdt_ID RANK NAME UNIT CALLSIGN NO DOB FROM TILL STATUS DEATH WHERE NOTES
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